Bretagne Classic 2019 / Newsletter n°26 GrandPrixPlouay

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24th in theWorldTour standings, the american teamwill play theGrandPrix ofPlouay-LorientAggloméraBon-WNTWomenTrophywiththemainobjecBveofgainingexperienceforthefuture.Comprisingoutsiders,thisteamwillbeexpectedtoanimatethestartoftherace.Createdunderanothernamein2013,thisteamhasalreadypassedthroughPlouayin2014.ThisyearRally -UHCCyclingwillpresentaworkforcethathasnothing incommonwiththatoffiveyearsago.Ofthesixridersentered,onlyoneofthemhashadtheopportunitytocompeteintheGrandPrixofPlouay-LorientAggloméraIon- TrophyWNTWomen.We understand, the american teamwill be there to gainexperience by measuring themselves to the biggest teams of the Women'sWorldTour.ToleadtheRally-UHCCyclingteam,wenotethattheAmericanteamhascalledonitsNewZealandSportsDirector, JoanneKiesanowski. She isno stranger toPlouaysinceshehasalreadyracedfiveImestheGrandPrixbetween2003and2014withabeauIful 16th place finish in 2016. She will have an important role for aninexperiencedcollecIve.

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KristabelDoebel-HickokasleaderRally – UHC Cycling has presented its first rider list for Plouay under the direcIon ofJoanneKiesanowski.81.AbigailMickey(Usa,29).Likemostofherteammates,shewilldiscoverPlouaytoliveabeauIfulexperience.Shewillbetheretosupportthebestofhisteamortakethebreak.82. Summer Moak (Usa, 20). The youngest member of the team conInues herapprenIceship at the highest level in the world, coming to Plouay will be a greatexperienceforher.83.SaraPoidevin(Can,23).14thinthe2018WorldChampionship,thisCanadianisoneofthegreathopesofhercountry.ShecanachieveagreatperformanceforherdiscoveryoftheGrandPrixPlouay.84.SaraBergen(Can,30).AcustomarywithNorthAmericanracesonwhichsheisoXenplaced,theCanadianwilldiscoverPlouay.85.HeidiFranz(Usa,24).Recent5th inPloumagoarontheTourofBelle IsleenTerre-KreizBreizhElitesLadies,shewilldiscoverPlouay.86.KristabelDoebel-Hickok(Usa,30).VerysuccessfulontheAmericancircuit,sheistheonlymemberofherteamtohavealreadyracedtheGrandPrixofPlouay.27th in2015and49thin2017,shewillserveasguideandcaptainforherteammates.The announced subsItutes areKatherineMaine (Can), Gillian Ellsay (Can) and EmmaWhite(Usa).